Shot #2. The shell tore off a piece of armour off the turret 580 mm by 230 mm. The turret was torn off its turret ring, and displaced backwards by 540 mm. Shot 3. Shell ricocheted off the turret roof. A dent 25 mm deep formed. Cracks spanning the thickness of the armour formed, 330 mm, 230 mm, and 210 mm long." The answer is more like 5-20 depending on how close they start. The Abrams can outpace and outgun ONE tank, but when you have several it's less possible to avoid getting hit and outmaneuver several vehicles. And that's assuming the Abrams gets a chance to outmaneuver it. Even one Tiger could destroy it from behind. When looking at combat records the King Tiger always perfromed excellent in defensive operations while being lackluster in offensive operations. Reliability issues were not as prevelant as people make you think. The first batch of tanks was suffering from leaking seals and baskets and having trouble with the steering system. 2. NomadProd. • 4 yr. ago. Id say no, tigers were encountered officialy only 3 times between D-Day and V-Day by American tanks. Two of these times shermans were involved but I there's no evidence of them being easy eights. 34. Chopawamsic. • 4 yr. ago. one of those times involved an M26 Pershing rather than an M4 Sherman. the other two I believe the King Tiger 2 is the best tank of WW2. As the commander of the tank if you move your Tiger II tank to a certain angle it is invisible… . The Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger tank was a German heavy tank that served on the Eastern Front, Western Front, and in North Africa during World War II. The final version of the tank weighed 54 tons Maximum speed. 37 km/h (23 mph) The IS-2 ( Russian: ИС-2, sometimes romanized as JS-2 [note 1]) is a Soviet heavy tank, the first of the IS tank series named after the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. It was developed and saw combat during World War II and saw service in other Soviet allied countries after the war. The Battle of Oglendow – The first known use of heavy German tanks in the battle of the King Tiger. August 12, 1944 in the vicinity of the village of Oglendow the crew of T-34-85 A.P. Oskin destroyed three newest German tanks “King Tiger”. The outcome of the battle was important for the capture of the Sandomierz bridgehead, which in turn The 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion, was one of Germany's most successful heavy tank battalions during the Second World War, claiming the destruction of 1,400 t M46 and M46 "Tiger" American medium tanks with a very similar gun to the Tiger II and a HEATFS round. T28 and T95: American tank destroyers with incredibly strong frontal armour and a gun far superior to the Tiger II's, these 2 vehicles should not be confronted frontally. Use your tank to either outflank them or put a few well-aimed shots into

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